VALUED CUSTOMERS & FRIENDS+

It was wonderful to see so many of you at our April garden tours! We are particularly grateful to the Markotas, Oteros, Rosens, and Veloz for opening their outdoor spaces for the enjoyment of garden lovers – we truly can’t thank you enough for your generosity and enthusiastic support of us.

Big thanks is also do to the vendors that helped make our Wanderland Tea Garden at the Pasadena Showcase House of Design truly magical. Contributors include: David Dayan from In Your Place Furniture, Mary and Annette from Pot-ted, Joe and Lance at Magic Growers wholesale nursery, Nick Williams from Nick Williams Design, La Cañada Rustic Stone, Marciele Coorpender and Cheryl Aoyagi from Vent Vue Window Products.

This month, we will showcase yet another garden dear to our hearts, the Gardens of the World demonstration gardens at La Canada Public Library. We will be training community members to care for the California, Mediterranean basin, and newly-installed Australian gardens. Grab your gloves and pruning sheers and join us!

Sincerely,
Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi

LATEST NEWS+

Visit the Showcase Wanderland Tea Garden

Garden Profile: While the Showcase House enjoyed its busiest weekend and final hurrah, you can still get lost in the mimsy of The FormLA Wanderland Tea Garden! We transformed the expansive but unremarkable lawn at this historically-significant English Manor style home into a delightful entreaty to a stroll. View

WHAT TO EXPECT+

Watch for FormLA teams helping you and your garden prepare for a hot, dry summer. Please fax your fire inspection notice to us, and we’ll take care of the rest: 818-353-6837 We will be:

Protecting homes from fires.

• Maintaining proper spacing among plants
• Raising low branches on shrubs to keep foliage off of the ground
• Removing all dead material and weed growth
• Opening shrubbery and reduce volume of flammable material with structural pruning
• Clearing material away from roof lines and eaves
• Following fire code restrictions within 200′ of structures

Protecting you from “tier 2” water prices.

• Eliminating run-off and overspray, inspecting common sprinklers for leaks and ensuring drip irrigation provides proper coverage, and recommending improvements where necessary
• Managing timers for optimal watering on minimal days,
• Watering by hand where necessary

Correction Notice: The March newsletter referenced a donation from ET Water for the City of Santa Monica’s sustainable demonstration gardens. This donation was provided to FormLA, which, in turn, provided ET Water devices to the City at no charge.

LATEST NEWS+

Otero Tour
Showcase Tour

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Keep La Cañada Beautiful
Save the Dates

WHAT TO EXPECT+

Planting and weeding!

TEAM UPDATE+

Cassy at MGBCE, HPOZ and CPNPS

UPCOMING EVENTS+

Saturday, May 21:
Learn California Native Maintenance

TEAM UPDATE+

Cassy Aoyagi led a workshop on Landscaping for LEED and WELO with the City of Santa Monica’s Russell Ackerman at the Municipal Green Building Conference and on drought tolerant gardening at the annual California Native Plant Society expo.

Cassy also presented sustainable landscaping for historical sites to a Historic Preservation Overlay Zones conference.

About FormLA Landscaping+

FormLA® Landscaping designs, builds and maintains custom sustainable landscapes that beautifully complement the distinct and varied architecture of Los Angeles County. See our expanding Portfolio, or check out what clients are saying on our Yelp! page.

CONTACT FORMLA+

Cassy and Kirk Aoyagi, Principals: Cassy@formlainc.com

Mark Britten, Production Manager: Mark@formlainc.com

John Avakian, Bookkeeping: John@formlainc.com

Cara Barnard, Horticultural Care Technician: Cara@formlainc.com